Isaiah 19:11
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11 The princes of (A)Zoan are utterly foolish;
the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel.
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the wise,
a son of ancient kings”?
Acts 7:22
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22 And Moses (A)was instructed in (B)all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was (C)mighty in his words and deeds.
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Isaiah 30:4
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Psalm 78:43
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1 Kings 4:30
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30 so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all (A)the people of the east (B)and all the wisdom of Egypt.
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Psalm 78:12
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12 In the sight of their fathers (A)he performed wonders
in the land of Egypt, in (B)the fields of Zoan.
Genesis 41:38-39
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38 And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find a man like this, (A)in whom is the Spirit of God?”[a] 39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has shown you all this, there is none so discerning and wise as you are.
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- Genesis 41:38 Or of the gods
1 Corinthians 1:19-20
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19 For it is written,
(A)“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”
20 (B)Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? (C)Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
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Ezekiel 30:14
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14 I will make (A)Pathros a desolation
and will set fire to (B)Zoan
(C)and will execute judgments on (D)Thebes.
Ezekiel 7:26
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26 (A)Disaster comes upon disaster; (B)rumor follows rumor. (C)They seek a vision from the prophet, while (D)the law[a] perishes from the priest and (E)counsel from the elders.
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- Ezekiel 7:26 Or instruction
Jeremiah 10:21
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21 (A)For the shepherds (B)are stupid
and do not inquire of the Lord;
therefore they have not prospered,
(C)and all their flock is scattered.
Jeremiah 10:14
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14 (A)Every man is stupid and without knowledge;
(B)every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,
for his images are false,
(C)and there is no breath in them.
Isaiah 44:25
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25 who frustrates the signs of liars
and makes fools of diviners,
(A)who turns wise men back
and makes their knowledge foolish,
Isaiah 29:14
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14 therefore, behold, (A)I will again
do wonderful things with this people,
with wonder upon wonder;
and (B)the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.”
Isaiah 19:13
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13 The princes of (A)Zoan have become fools,
and the princes of (B)Memphis are deluded;
those who are the (C)cornerstones of her tribes
have made Egypt stagger.
Isaiah 19:3
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3 and the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out,
and I will confound[a] their (A)counsel;
and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers,
and (B)the mediums and the necromancers;
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- Isaiah 19:3 Or I will swallow up
Proverbs 30:2
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2 Surely I am too (A)stupid to be a man.
I have not the understanding of a man.
Psalm 92:6
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6 The stupid man cannot know;
the fool cannot understand this: